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Copyright, 1887, by Mrs. J. H. Lewis. 



Half-Hour Lessons Upon American Authors, 

von SOCIAL LITERARY IJRCLKS. 

IM'epared.HiKl I'uhlished l>,v MKS. J. H. LKWIS. 



Decatur, Illinois, 1887. 



INTIfODKTK^N AM) F.DITOHIAL (JKKKTIXGS. 



A few years ii','() a lady'.s education was ^'enerally conHidereil "finislied" 
when she turned her back on the school room, hud her school liooks on a 
high shelf, and usually entered into the bonds of matrimony. This last act 
was the final (juietus to literary effort. 

Within a few years many organizations have sj)rung up for the higher 
development and education of women, even amid the pressing cares of home 
and social life. Among them- the Social Literary Circle has found a home. 
A little seed droi)ped in a fertile soil ;i year and a half ago has budded and 
brought forth fruit. 

Many circles have l)een formeil, and the work has prospered through 
sunnner's scorching heat, through the lovely-tinted autumnal hours, and 
through hoary winter's fiercest blasts. 

We have taken old-time peeps of New York City through Diedrich 
Knickerbocker's eyes ; we have eaten of Geoffrey Crayon's "Salmagundi" ; 
we have climl)ed the mountain side with Rip Van Winkle, and almost slept 
in "Sleejjy Hollow" by the side of Washington Ir^^ng ; we have wandered 
through the i)rithless forest with "Natty Bumps", the "Leather Stocking" 
hero of C'ooper's fancy, then rigged him uj) in his tari)aulin and called him 
"Long Tom Coffin" as we sailed with him over the "Bounding Billows" ; we 
lingered a long time among the cool, quiet, i)oetic fancies of Bryant, the 
Father of American poetry ; we have made the acijuaintance of Irving's lady 
friends, and many of the Society Queens of a centurv- ago, and also of the 
literary ladies who first gave Europe to know that the young country's 
daughters were akin in intellect to their own fair dames. 

We have been mystified, edified, and almost defied at times by Ralph 
Waldo Emerson's deep phi!()soj)hizing, but ever encouraged l)y a wise men- 
tor we did not consign him to oblivion. Imt rather sheltered him in a "Cleft 
in the Rock", from whence his memory shall be taken from time to time, 
ever growing more beautiful to us as we are able to grasj) his "idealities" 
and his "spiritualities." 



Weeks of ravishing delii^ht have been ours as we have studied the works 
of America's Ace of Fiction, Nathaniel Hawthorne. James Kussell Lowell 
says of him : 

"There's Hawthorne with genius so shrinking and rare 
That you hardly, at first, see the strenisrth that is there. 
A frame so robust, with a nature so sweet. 
So earnest, so graceful, so .solid, so lieet ; 
When Nature was shaping him, clay was not granted, 
For making as full sized a man as was wanted ; 
So to till out her model, a little she s]«ired 
From a finer grained stutf. for a woman jji'epared. 
And she could not have hit a more excellent i»Ian. 
For making him fully, and perfectly, num." 
We have also had rich treats from the gifted minds of our quartette of 
poets Longfellow, Whittier, Holmes and Lowell. To Longfellow we say : 
Sleep well, in Auburn's peaceful dale ! but your sweet thoughts of purity 
and love shall live undimmed for ages. To Whittier, in B. F. Taylor's lan- 
guage, we say : 

'"Strike not thy tent beside the .sea. 
Brave Laureate of Liberty." 
Sing on ! And we thank the kind Power that has brought ba(^k to us, from 
over the seas, our Holmes and Lowell, richer than ever in the lore anil wit 
which has made them so dear to the American heart. 

We endeavored to descend into the "Maelstrom" of Poe's *^ad life and to 
search the darkeneil chaml)ers of his "Haunted Palace" for the truths that 
might be like light-house gleams, off the desolate coast. 

We at last partook of the "Bitter Sweet" berries and wandered down 
"The Bay Path" of J. G. Holland, and with KaHtriiia'a hero we sat on the 
mountain's top looking over into the next decade for the work for the 
New Yeiir. 

We hope that the .same good fellowship and love will prevail as in the 
past. •)In union there is strength." Remember that in study as in nnisic, 
it is Jianiiony that gives the chmnt. Differences of opinion will at times 
appear, but they are or should l)e only for the moment, as what are called 
"passing" notes, which are .soon again restjlved into the j)erfect harmony of 
the closing chord. And while interested in looking at the l)eautiful stones 
Avhich have been jxdished and set. each in its [)lace, in the temjile of litera- 
ture, let us not be content with an outside view of the .struture, Imt may all 
desire to open the portals and find the gems within which sliall sjiarklc and 
reflect the pure crystal lieams of the "Central Sun" of life. 

This year we .shall not walk with bowed and reverent heads among the 
/ow/«, but shall cultivate the aci|naintance of our lirimj aiitJiois for the 
most part. 

Death has set his seal on many of Avliom we wrote and studied last year, 
and the work of culling from the gathered shocks of so manv vears was com- 



paratively easy. The only trouble was. time was too shurt to gather all the 
sheaves. It will not be possible for us to make mention of all who are to- 
day before the American people as "Men and Women of Letters", so we 
shall have to pass over many who miylit with truth be placed in the front 
rank, and confine ourselves to those whose names are jjlaced before us in 
every magazine and paper we peruse. Many are bein«- daily crowned with 
wreaths of "laurel and bay," and of others it may be said, they are yet in the 
hey-day of life, not cpiite rij)e, perhaps, with the j,'lory that may be accorded 
them after they shall have filled out their years Sometimes we see the 
most tfor^eous colorinys on the western slopes, just ere the sun slips below 
"the everlastinsr hills." 

Posthunums fame is the surest. Amony those whose names iioir are 
immortal are the sweet sisters, Alice and Phebe Caiy. Loviny in their lives 
not lonj^' divided in their deaths. 

The subjects of oiir first two lessons have been mentioned before, but 
Avill now be i)laced before the student for s[)ecial study, as occujiyiny very 
hi^rh rank amonj? the literary women of the world, not only at home, but 
known abroad as bright stars. The first in order of time we place Mrs. 
Hakriett Beecher Stowe, the Queen of American Fiction, and second, 
Mrs. Jttlia Ward Howe, a poetess, and also one of the leadin^^c woman suff- 
ragists of the nation, and one who is seeking, in many laudable ways, the 
elevation and education of womanhood. 

Our poets, magazine writers and fiction writers shall in turn be discussed 
in their order of time, while the other literary characters — historians, jour- 
nalists and travelers — will be left for private reading. 

Encyclopedias and magazine articles form the basis for most of this 
vear's work, as few lives have yet been published. 



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3IKS. HAUUIET BEEC'IIEK STOWE. 

LITCHFIELD, CONNECTICUT. 

BORN lsv> OR isia. 

1st Topic : Ancestral and personal sketch. 

2d " Give dift'erent varieties of styles of her writinj^s. 

8d *' Her master-piece, Uncle Tom's Cabin, at |)leas- 

ure, with account of its o^reat circulation. 
4th " Select from her •'Relii^ious Poems". ••()iil\ a 

Year," or other at pleasure. 
5th •' -Old Town Folks." 

oth " •"Pink and White Tyranny". Avith comments on 

the subject. 
7th ■• The •"Minister's Wooinu." 

(Sth •• ••Repression", fi'om ••Little Foxes." 

Ktli •• Volunteer selections, 

loth •• General discussion. 



MRS. .n LIA WAKl) HOWE. 

NEW YORK. 

HORN i^ii;. 

1st Toi'ic : To[)ical sketch of author. 

2d •• Selections from ••Passion Flowers.'' 

••Words for the Hour." 

8d •• Give account of her woi'ks of travel. 

4th •• ••The New Kxodns." 

~)ih •• Her present work and its iiitiucnce. 

()th •' Her poem. ■•Our Country." 

Tth •■ Give poem in which we find the lines — 

'• Men saw the tJiorus on Jesus* brow. 
But Angels s;iw the roses." 

8th "• Give account of the inspiration of her immortal 

poem. ••Battle Hymn of the Republic. " 

Dth •• General discussion. 



Mils. ELIZABETH PKENTISS. 

POKTLAND, MAINE. 

1st Toi'ic : '•Steppiiii;- Heavpiiwai'd." 

2d •• ••Aunt Jane's Hero. 

8d " ''Peniaquid." 

4th '• Life Sketch. 



THE VAU\ S I ST E IIS. 

CINCINNATI, OHIO. 

Houy - ALICE, is'ttnr 1ST!. HIKh. isn. 
PHERE. is:>i. •■ is; I. 

1st Toi'ic : Personal sketch of the sisters in tlieir earl\ home 
life in Ohio. 

2d •• Their removal to New York. Avitli subsequent 
history. 

8d •• Poem: •"Mv Charley." 

4th •• -My Faded "ShawL*"" 

5th •• "Tlie Grace Wife of Keith." 

r)th •• "If and If." 

7th •• The Bridal Veil." 

8th •• Alice's favorite. ""An order for a picture."' 

Dtli •• Pictures of nieniory.' 

10th •• Phebe's ••Woman's CV)nclusion." 

11th •• •'Light. ■• 

12th '• "A Summer Storm." 

IHth •' "Nearer Home." 

14th •• Volunteer selections and discnssions. 



THOMAS Bl ( HANAX HEAD. 

HORX, Js-j:\ DIED, Js;j. 

1st Topic : Sketch of author. 

2d •• Epitomize "The AVild AVaggoner of the Allegha- 

nies". with line selecticms. 

■id •• Selections from "The NeAv Pastoral." 

4th •• '"A Summer Story."' 

oth •' •'Sheridans Ivide" 

()th " "Drifting." 

Tth " Comments. 



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EDWARD em: RETT HALE. 

BOSTON, MASS. 

BOHI^. ls2->. 

1st Topic : Sketch of Author. 

2d " "The Man Without a couutry." 

3d " "If, Yes and Perhaps." 

4th " "Ups and Downs.'' 

5th ■' "Ten times one is Ten." 

MRS. A. I). T. VMllTNEY. 

BOSTON, MASS. 

Hoh'X. /^Vi. 

1st Topic : Author's skt^tcli. 

2d " Her prose work. 

•"Faith {iMi'tney's (iiriliood." 

M " "Hitherto!" 

4th " "Patience Strong's Outing."" 

r)th •• "A Summer in Leslie Goldthwaite's Life."" 

(;th ■• ••Sights and Lisights."" 

7th •• Her poem: ••Larv;e." 

Sth •• -'Suidight and Starlight."" 

Sth •• ••( 'hristmas."" 

loth •• Discuss sul)je('ts and intiuences of liei' wi'itings. 

( HARLES DUDLEY WARXEK*. 

PLAIN FfKLl). MASS. 

HORN, isi^'i. 

1st Topic : Early life, witii its teaching for him. 

2d •• Earliest literary efforts. 

3(1 •• Describe' his varied styles of writing. 

4th •• Select from his sketches •■My Summer in a (iar- 

den." 
5th " "A New Vision of Sin.*" 

5th " Select from ••Backlog Studies." 

7th " "The Yankee Philoso|)her."" 

Sth " Volunteer Selections. 

Vlth •' (h-iticisms or discussion, 

loth •• Give latest magazine work. 

11th •■ Select at [>leasure from his l)ooks of travel: 

••Winter on the Nile." ••In the Levant." •'in 
the AVilderness." 



HKLEN HI XT JACKSON. 

AMHERST. MASS. 

BORN, ls:io. I>lh:i>, iss:,. 

1st Topic : Author's sketcli. 

2d •• (rive Tarietips of style of lier Avork. 

8(1 •• Her |)oeni. •'Spiimiiio-.'" . 

4tli " '"My LetJ-acy.'" 

otli " ••Love's Largess." 

♦ ;tli •• "At Last."" 

Ttli •• Prose Avork: ••TJie Awkward A>»e."' from "Bits 
of Talk."' 

Stli '' A Cxeiiius for Affection."" 

Itth " Epitomize ••A (Vntury of Dishonor"' and "ive its 

teaching's, 

loth •• ••Ramona."" her i>"reat work of fiction. 

ILth " Selections at pleasure. 

l"2th •• (renei'al discussion. 



PAIL HAMILTON HAYNE. 

CHARLESTON. S. C. 

HORX. l-<:il. DTED, issc,. 

1st Topic : Personal sketch witli poem, ••A Portrait."' 
2(1 •■ ■•The Presentiment.'" 

Hd •• ••The Ten Summers." 

4th " "My S(m. Will."" 

'")th '• His last touching poem, •■Face to Face," written 

while himself in the '•border land.'" 



EDMIM) ('. STEDMAN. 

HARTFORD, CONN. 
Ji(ih'\. is:i:i. 

1st Topic : P<u'sontd sketch. 

2(1 •• "The Heart of New England."" Poem. 

8(1 ■■ ■•How Old Brown took Har[)er"s Ferry."" 

4th ■■ ••The Diamond Wedding."" 

oth ■■ ■■The Doorstep."" 

()th ■■ •'The Undiscovered (Vmntry."" 

7th •• Discuss and select f.iom ■■J^oets of Amei'ica" at 

pleasure. 

Sth ■• Cj'iticisms. 



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1st Topic 

2d 

3d 

4tli 

oth 

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MAKY VIRCilNIA TEKHUNE. 

(MARIAN HAKLAND.) 

DOKCHESTER, MASS. 

lii)liN, is:i4. 

Character sketeli and early career. 
Her first book. -Alone.'' i 
"Nemesis." ■ Epitomize. 

••The Hidden Patli.'" \ 

Selections from •'Loitering' in Pleasant Paths. 
Conversations un her worth as a standard l)ook- 
writer. 



FRANK U. STOCKTON (llunioiisl). 

PHILADELPHIA, PENN. 

1i<)R^^, 1SH4. 

1st Toric : Sketcii and particulars of his writino- '•Rudder 
Granite."' {C<'iifiirij Mdf/diinc. Julv. "S()). 

2d •• -The Ladv or the Tiger.'" 

8d - 'The Late Mrs. Null." 

4th '• •'The Casting Away of Mrs. Leeks and INIi's. 

Aleshine." 



HARRIET PRESCOTT SROllORI). 

MAINE. 

IK III \. im.;. 

Lst Topic : Sketch. 

'id •• "'Sir liohaus dhost." 

Hi\ " ••Amber (rods and OtJier Stories." 

4th •• "Azarian."' 

5th •• •'New England Legends."' 

(Uh " -The Thief in the Night." 

7th •• 'Selections from magazine articles. 



UEVIEVV <H ESTIONS. 

1. Who is tlie Queen of American Fiction? 

2. What work phiced her in this rank? 

H. In Avhat respect can she l)e called the (^ueen? 

4. Wh(^ is Mrs. Julia Ward Howe? 
o. Name her masterpiece of poetry. 

(*). Name ladv writers born in the 2d decade of this century. 

7. What was Alice C-aryV favorite poem of her own writin;^•? 

5. (rive your favoi'ite (juotation from her. 
*.t. Name your selectit)ns from Phebe's. 

It>. What rank will you assijjfn Helen Hunt Jackson as an 
authoress ? 

11. Name her two finest works. 

12. What think you of Mrs. Prentiss" style? 

I'-i. Are her works of a religioiis or worldly character? 

14. Give your opinion of Mrs. A. 1). T. Whitney. 

1-"). Who wrote •'Driftinii^" ? 

10. Name his other famous [)oem. 

17. Who wrote, and where do you hnd. the following (|Uo- 

tation ? 

"I think we do not any of n.s find out how to live till 
we have i)rettv well used up. and spoiled, perhaps, one 

fijW 

is. Also: 

"God sets some .souls in sIkdIc alone. 
They have no daylight of their own." 

v.). What do you thiid< of that idea? 

20. Who wrote this? 

•' I'll wear my white veil 

For a siyn oi' a cover. 
As you shall be jjroven 

My lord or my lorer." 

21. Who is the author of "Nearer Home""? 

22. '"AVith dreamful eyes, my spirit lies 

lender the walls of Paradise."" Who and where? 
2;'). ••AVho knows how a life at the last may show?*" Author 

and [)lace. 
24. "God does not send strange tlowers every year'", Avith 

remainder of verse. From where? 



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2~). What is Charles Dudley Warner's present position ? 
2t). ■•Lettuce is like conversation — it must be fresh and crisp, 

so sparklinty that you scarcely know the hiUci- that 

is in it/' Who and where? 

27. How do you like E. C. 8tedman"s Criticisms of our 

American Authors? 

28. "My angel of perfect love 

Is the angel men call death." 
From what poem? By\\lioiu? 

29. '-To feel once more that fresh wild thrill 

I'd iiive but who can live vouth over?" 

30. Who wrote "Nemesis and "Hidden Path" ? 

HI. What is vour opinion of such ])ooks as "The Tjate Mrs. 
Niill"' and its companion. "Mrs. Tjecks and Mrs. Ale- 
shine" ? 

32. In view of one A-erse of Scripture. "A merry heart doeth 
good like a medicine," is it waste time to read books 
of humor? 



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MRS. (ELI A THAXTER. 

PORTSMOUTH. N. H. 
lioflX, ;s.v.->. 
1st Topic : For what nia(>aziiie were her best th()\i<;hts written y 
2d " Select from "Aiaoni>- the Isles of Shoals/" 

:5(1 •• "The Cruise of the Mystery." 

4th ■• 'Til a Horse Car. 

5tli •• ••Dust.'' from "Poenis for (■hihU-eii.'" 



SAMUEL v. CLEMENS. 

wMAHK TWAIN. lIuiiK.iist.) 

FLORIDA, MISSOURI. 

li(tH\, is:i.-,. 

1st Topic : Personal sketch. 

2(1 •• Select from ■Tiou^hiiig It.'" 

8(1 •• •• •• ••Tramp Abroad." 

4th •• " '• ••Innocents Abroad." 

5tli •• '• •" ••The (lilded Ai^e." 

(itli •• •• •• ••Life on the Mississippi." 

CHARLES FARRAR BROWNE. 

AIM 'K.MIS WAIMt iHiinioiist.) 

WATERFORl). MAINE. 

WiltX, ;s.w. 

1st Topic : Historic Sketch. 

•id ■■ Select from -'Artemus Ward. His Book." 

8(1 •• ••Artemus Among tlie Mormcms." 

4th •• •■Artemus Ward in Enoland.'' 

5th ■• -The Prince of Wales."" (HisBook). 

(Uh ■• •"At the Tomb of Shakspeare." 

7th •• ••Yerv Much Married."' From his travels. 

THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH. 

P(HrrSMOUTH, N. H. 

1st Topic : Sketch of Author. 

2(1 ■• Poem: ••The Blue Bells of New England.' 

8d •• ••Before"" and -'After the Bain." 

4th •• ••Babie Belle." 

5th " Select from "Cloth of Cold." 

<)th •■ ••Marjorie Daw." 

Ttli •• ••The Lady of Castlemore." 

8th •• -Judith.'"' 



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AVILLIAM DEAN IIOAVELLS. 

MARTINSVILLE. OHIO. 

imitX, is:n. 

1st Topic : Bioi^Tapliical Sketcli. 

2(1 •• Early literary ett'orts. 

;}(1 •• "The Movers." Poems i)V two friends. 

4tli •• -Dead." 

.■)th •• Select from "Life in Venice." 

()th " "A Day in Pompeii." From Italian Journey. 

Ttli ■• Select from and e[)itomize "Their WecUlintr Jour- 
ney." 

8th " "A Chance Acciuaintance." 

Dth " "Indian Summer." 

loth " "A Foreo-oiie C'onclnsii)n." 

11th " Discussion of merit of this author. 

12th " Criticisms. 

EDWAKI) I*. llOi:. 

NEW YORK. 

1st ToiMc : "Barriers Burned Away." 

2d " "Openini)^ of a Chestnut Burr." 

8d " "Nature's Serial Story." . 

4th " "The Knight of the Nineteenth Century." 

oth " "A Yoiin*^- (Jirls Wooint^." 

()t]i •• Disctissioii of merit, and criticisms. 

FliANCIS IMtKT II ARTE. 

ALBANY, N. Y. 

1st Toi'ic : BioiJ-raphical Sketch. 

2d " Desciihe his style. 

Hd " "Her Letter'", from "Pt)verty Flat."' 

4th " "Plain Language from Truthful James." 

5th " "John Burns of Gettysburgh." 

Oth " "Tales of the Argonauts."" 

7th " "Twins of Table Mountain."' 

(Sth " "Snowboimd at Eagle's." 

nth " At pleasure other selecticms. 



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CINllNNATUS HEIjNE MILLEK. (,I()A<H IN). 

INDIANA. 

BORN, 1H41. 

C^liaractei' Sketch. 

Select at [)leasure from "Songs of the Sierras. " 

Select from "Sword of the South", or read it all. 

Epitomize "ShadoAvs of Shasta." 

"First Families of the Sierras." 

Disciission of merit. 



1st Topic 

2d 

3d 

4th 

5th 

()th 



LOUISE MAY ALCOTT. 

MASSACHUSETTS. 

BORX, I'irj. 

1st Topic : Sketch of Author's Pareutage. 

2d " "Little Women." ( Her own life 

Hd " "Little Men." 

4th " "Ohl-Fashioued Girl." 

oth " "Work." 

()tli " "Jo's Boys." 



1st Topic 



IIKXHY JAMES. 

NEW YOEK. 

HORN, 1^4:!. 

•A Portrait of a Lady."" 
•Daisy Miller." 



ELIZABETH STl AKT PHELPS. 

BOSTON. MASS. 

liOllN. l-^ii. 

1st Topic : t^ketch of Autlu)r. 

2d " Her Religi<ms Books, with selecticms from tlumi. 

8d " "The Gates Ajar. 

4th " "Hed.i;ed In.'" 

oth " "Silent Partner.'" 

mi ■■ "Beyond the Gates." 

7th " "htory of Ayis.'" 

8th " l)iscussi(m. 



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WILL. ( AULK TOX. 

HUIWON. MICH. 
lioity. isf.-,. 

1st Topic : Author's sketcli. 

2d •• •■Over the hill to the Poor House.'" from Farm 
L., Ballads. 

3d " "Gone with a Haudsomer Man.'' 

4th •• "Betsey and I are Out." 

otli " "Betsey and I Made Up/" 

()tli " "Festival of Good Cheer." from Farm Festi^als. 

7tli " ""Want." from City Balhuls. 

Sth " The "(^hristmas Baby." from Farm l^ei^ends. 

<)tli " "The Tnree Lovers." 

10th '• "Bifts in the Cloud." 

lltli " "Burniuii' of Clii('ai>o." 

12th " Discussion. 

1 KAx Ks H()j)(;s()N Bi :km:tt. 

MANCHESIKR. ENGLAND. 

/JO/i'.V, isi:,. 

1st Toi'ic : "A Fair Barl)arian." 

2d " "That Lass o' fjowrie's." 

;id " "Jjoaisiana." 

4th " "Tlii'oiii^h one Admiiiisti'ation." 

M A K I ( ) X V li A V\ 1( ) U I>. 

SON OK THOMAS ( |;A\\ Foi;i>. S( I Ll'IOit. 

H( )ME. 

1st Toi'ic : "Roman Sin^^eis." 

2(1 " "Zoroaster." 

3d " "An American Politician." 

4th " "Tales of a Lonely Parish." 

0th " "Mr. Isaacs." 



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KEVI i:W <H KSTIONS. 

1. Name the writers hoi-n in the sectmd decade of our cen- 

tury. 

2. Who wn)te '-(xates Ajar'" '^ 

H. Give selections of her beautiful thouiJ^hts. 

4. (live some of Will C-arletDus gems. 
'"). Do you enjoy Joaquin Miller':' 

('». Who are the Inimorists of America V 
7. Which do you |)refer? 

5. AVliere is the ])irth j)lace of Artemus Ward? 

*.). How many of the writers discussed were born in Massa- 
chusetts? 

in. Where does (-elia Tluixter live"? 

11. Where was Paul Hayne"s lioraeV 

I'i. AVliat is W. D. HoAvells' present business? 

1;}. Will you give a treasure thought of Celia Thaxter? 

14. Name prominent poets and fiction Avriters born during 
the Hd decade. 

l'"). Also prominent historians, if any. 

l*'). Are journalists also to be found? 

17. Theologians of prominence? 

is. ( 'an you name Joa([uin Miller's [)oem. which he predicted 
should ••shake the rafters of heaven"? 

IK. What is your estimate of it? 

20. Name T. B. Aldrichs best poeju. 

21. (rive M thought from it. 

22. Will vou name other authors not in our list of study, 
2;^. Does literary trdent descend from parent to child? 

24. If so. give examples. 
2r). If not. give ])roof. 

2('>. What (h) vou think of the [loets of the last half century 

as compared with the previous half? 
27. Are vou pre])ared to decide now <m their merits, or will 

A'ou wait for further study on your part and the 

ripening and mellowing on theirs? 

25. (rive a golden thought from Hawthorne. 
2U. An innnortal thouiiht of Lowell's. 



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80. Q\i(ite from Holmes a ^^em of wit. aiul also one of his 

soberer mood. 

81. In what respect is Poe ranked as a i^enins? 

82. What is the main tendency of all his writings? 

SH. Is it well to read much of those works which give no 
heed to the better part of our nature 'r* 

84. Is it not better to read those wliich lead u})ward to the 

mental and spiritual realm? 

85. Which of our American authors dwell most upon these 

subjects, though sometimes not always visible at first 

sight V 
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